Farmington Halloween parade, Historical Society potluck Nov. 1

Thursday

Oct 31, 2013 at 3:15 AM

by STEPHANIE PIROstephaniepiro@gmail.com

FARMINGTON — Happy Halloween, everyone! Hope it’s filled with more treats than trickery! Also this week is the annual Historical Society Pot Luck Dinner, a great way to meet people, share your favorite dish and try some new ones. See column for details.

Historical Society

The annual Pot Luck Dinner is on Friday, Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m. presented by Farmington Historical Society. Members will meet, socialize and dine at their annual pot luck dinner meeting on Nov. 1, at the Congregational Church. The annual meeting ends the governing year for the Historical Society. The membership will elect a slate of officers for the coming year. Membership dues ($5) are due at the annual meeting. New members are welcome to bring a dish and join! Mark your calendars now, and join in the fun and planning for the coming year

Valley View School

Celebrate Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 28 to Nov. 1. It is a national campaign where students and teachers show their commitment to help create a drug-free America. Statistics show that student drug use increases after grade 6, so it is important for educators to teach the dangers of drugs at an early age. The campaign’s objective is to create awareness concerning drug and alcohol issues. Valley View Community School students and staff will be wearing stickers every day with a positive message about living a drug-free and healthy lifestyle. Thank you for showing your support by helping your child remember the themes for the day.

Book Fair: If your child loves to read or if you want to encourage him or her to become a life-long reader then be sure to participate in the Valley View Library’s upcoming Scholastic Book Fair which will run from Friday, Nov. 8 through Friday, Nov. 15. Mark your calendars to take part in this great fall event! Scholastic’s theme this autumn is “Reading Oasis: A Cool Place to Discover Hot Books.” The Book Fair will also be available during Parent Conferences. More specific information will be sent home with your student at a later date.

Veteran’s Day Assembly: Valley View will be presenting a Veteran’s Day Program on Friday, Nov. 8 at 8 a.m. We are looking for pictures of the students’ favorite veterans to put into a slide show. If you would like a picture in our show, please email a picture to lghareeb@sau61.org. Be sure to include the student’s name, the veteran’s name and their branch of service. We would also love to have the veterans attend the assembly. Thanks to Sheryl Olstad for the news.

Little Blue Job Site Walk

The Farmington Conservation Commission has been in discussion with NH DRED (Department on Resource and Economical Development) regarding the unauthorized use of motor vehicle traffic (motorcycles and ATVs) causing serious erosion to the hiking trails on Little Blue Job Mountain. As a result of these discussions, a site walk is planned for Saturday, Nov. 9, with officials from DRED, NH Dept. of Parks, NH F. & G., State Forest Rangers and others to discuss possible resolution(s) to this issue. The public and media is invited and encouraged to attend. We will be meeting at the intersection of Meaderboro and Scruton roads at 9 a.m. on the 9th. Thanks to Dave Connolly for the news!

Farmington Woman’s Club

The members of the Farmington Woman’s Club have already started filling their freezers with an abundance of pies for the upcoming second Annual Craft and Pie Fair on Nov. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Henry Wilson Middle School. Some of the best selling pies last year included the pork pies, apple, peanut butter, chocolate cream and pumpkin. Don’t forget there will be a variety of fabulous crafters, as well (including a certain local cartoonist.) There are still a few openings left for the craft fair for vendors of handmade products. Please contact Kathy King at (603) 948-5741 for more information and an application. Thanks to Kathy King and Dottie Bean for the news.

Goodwin Library

The new Library hours go into effect next week on Nov. 4. The new hours will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday with hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, they will be 2 to 8 p.m. Saturdays will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., opening an hour later.

Rec. Dept.

Trick or Treat — Thursday, Oct. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Trick or Treat Parade — Friday, Nov. 1 at 3:30 p.m.

Fall Festival — Friday, Nov. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. 500 Boys and Girl’s Club. Do you have feedback for the 500? Do you have a suggestion of ways we could do things better? Do you have a complaint that you would like addressed but are unsure of who to contact about it? We now have a solution for you! You can email anything and everything to feedback@farmington500.org and it will pass through a filter which will then forward it to the appropriate person to address or answer whatever it is that is submitted.

Meetings

Planning Board on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. in Selectmen’s Chambers.

ZBA on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in Selectmen’s Chambers.

Town Office closed for Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11

News?

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